There are three good ways to be in the water in Mtwapa. They are not interchangeable.
The pool, in the morning
Our pool is twenty metres long, heated through the cooler months, and quiet at six. It is the right pick for laps. The water is checked at seven. The towels are by the door.
The creek, at noon
Mtwapa Creek is for floating, not for swimming. The current is gentle on the inside; gentler still where the mangroves close in. Take a hat. Don't wade barefoot — there are oysters down there.
The ocean, late afternoon
The beach is a five-minute drive or a twenty-minute walk. The reef makes the water shallow and warm and a little flat. Best between three and five — earlier and the sand is hot, later and the light is gone.
On a particularly slow day, you can do all three. We have. It takes about six hours and an early lunch.
